Henry Lee | |
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| Born | (1817-02-18)18 February 1817 White Waltham, England |
| Died | 11 June 1898(1898-06-11) (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
Henry Lee (18 February 1817 – 11 June 1898) was an English surgeon,pathologist andsyphilologist.[1]
Henry Lee was born on 18 February 1817[2] at Wooley Firs,White Waltham, nearMaidenhead, Berkshire, the eldest son of Henry Pincke Lee and Matilda Lee.[3]
His father, a captain in theRoyal Artillery rose to be alieutenant-colonel. Lee started his medical education atKing's College in 1833, transferring toSt George's Hospital in the following year,[3] later becoming one of its first surgicalregistrars. He becameMRCS in February 1839 andFRCS in December 1844.[1]
In 1847 Lee was appointed assistant surgeon at the newly foundedKing's College Hospital and also became a consulting surgeon toQueen Charlotte's Hospital[2] and theLondon Lock Hospital where he started work as a syphilologist. In 1861 he returned to St George's Hospital, becoming a full surgeon there two years later. Lee had a long connection with theRoyal College of Surgeons, having been awarded its Jacksonian Prize in 1849 with his dissertationon the Causes, Consequences and Treatment of Purulent Deposits. He was a member of the Council between 1870 and 1878, and in 1875 delivered theMuseum Lectures on Surgery and Pathology as Hunterian Professor, his subject being "Syphilis and Local Diseases affecting principally the Organs of Generation". At St George's Hospital he became the curator of its museum and was a lecturer inphysiology.[1]
Lee was a follower of the teaching ofJohn Hunter. His friendTimothy Holmes, who wrote his obituary notice in theLancet, was of the opinion that his works most likely to stand the test of time were his treatise on practical pathology, his lectures onsyphilis and his treatise onvenereal diseases in Holmes'sSystem of Surgery. Lee was the author of many works and contributions to scientific journals.[1]
Lee retired in 1878, at the age of 60 and lived a further twenty years, dying at his home, 61 Queensborough Terrace,Hyde Park, on 11 June 1898. He was twice married, firstly to Anne Elizabeth Ellaby and in 1877 to Marion Hutchinson who survived him, as did his three daughters of both marriages, though his only son predeceased him.[1] He is buried on the west side ofHighgate Cemetery.
There is a portrait of Lee, byJames Sant RA, in the Secretary's room of the Royal College of Surgeons, and his bust byThomas Brock in the Hall of the college.[1]
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